In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
fortune, and I hesitated to place myself in a posi¬ 
tion in which common humanity might force me 
to resort to deadly weapons. 
My first thought was to apply to the Bashorun 
for an armed escort, but when 1 came to con¬ 
sider the moral effect such an application might 
possibly have, I decided not to do so, but to go 
on trusting in God alone, as Ezra did under like 
circumstances, using only such instrumentalities 
as Christian prudence should suggest and God in 
His providence should seem to appoint. After 
having taught these dark-minded people for four 
years to trust in our God alone, it did not seem 
to be the right thing to act as if I myself did not 
believe in Him; and our trip down the river was 
attended by some special providences so remark¬ 
able that the memory of them has been a source 
of spiritual strength to me ever since. 
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